About the Book
The following journey in 1969 is based on real events experienced by one of that year’s many eager, curious explorers; it captures a cross section of the numerous musical and sociopolitical activities that occurred. The wondrous and painful memories of a lost first love seep in and out of the mind of Daniel Cottone throughout his travels and activities during that magnificent year. In addition to that memory was the constant pressure of the military draft. His growing awareness of and doubt about the Vietnam War had prompted an increasing scrutiny of core American values. Those two things—his lost love and his opposition to the Vietnam War—are the primary driving forces behind this story.
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Trying to Catch the Wind
Memoir of a Love That Was More Than Love
When author Josef N. Ferri met a senior honors student from South Park High School named Marilyn, he felt an immediate spark. He drew her into conversation, and the two instantly became involved in something beyond teenage small talk. He reconnected with her a bit later, just as the second half of the 1960s began to unfold.
From the night of their innocent and romantic first date, their journey was filled with wonder and amazement. But almost immediately, they were faced with huge obstacles, as on that same night they almost died in an accident involving a drunken driver.
Ultimately, confusion and misunder-standing separated them forever, but by then they’d lived their most cherished dream. Amid the turbulence and sociopolitical upheaval of the 1960s and the painful chaos of their individual troubled home lives, they found an extraordinary sanctuary in their deep love, and it was “a love that was more than love.” Somehow, it still survives in Trying to Catch the Wind.
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About the Book
The following journey in 1969 is based on real events experienced by one of that year’s many eager, curious explorers; it captures a cross section of the numerous musical and sociopolitical activities that occurred. The wondrous and painful memories of a lost first love seep in and out of the mind of Daniel Cottone throughout his travels and activities during that magnificent year. In addition to that memory was the constant pressure of the military draft. His growing awareness of and doubt about the Vietnam War had prompted an increasing scrutiny of core American values. Those two things—his lost love and his opposition to the Vietnam War—are the primary driving forces behind this story.
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Trying to Catch the Wind
Memoir of a Love That Was More Than Love
When author Josef N. Ferri met a senior honors student from South Park High School named Marilyn, he felt an immediate spark. He drew her into conversation, and the two instantly became involved in something beyond teenage small talk. He reconnected with her a bit later, just as the second half of the 1960s began to unfold.
From the night of their innocent and romantic first date, their journey was filled with wonder and amazement. But almost immediately, they were faced with huge obstacles, as on that same night they almost died in an accident involving a drunken driver.
Ultimately, confusion and misunder-standing separated them forever, but by then they’d lived their most cherished dream. Amid the turbulence and sociopolitical upheaval of the 1960s and the painful chaos of their individual troubled home lives, they found an extraordinary sanctuary in their deep love, and it was “a love that was more than love.” Somehow, it still survives in Trying to Catch the Wind.
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